What uses can we give carbonate in our life?
Around 52% of the production of dense sodium carbonate is used in the glass industry as flux, 27% in the chemical industry and 11% in the detergent sector.
Other uses:
in the soap and detergent industry
to release the hardness of the water
in flue gas desulfurization
in the pulp and paper industry
in aluminum production
drilling mud
galvanized baths
in lead refining
in photography
In tar distillation
Sand casting
Textile industry
In the manufacture of detergents, sodium carbonate is essential in formulations in order to ensure the correct functioning of the rest of the substances that compose it, enzymes, surfactants, etc. during the different phases of washing.